| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| gabbled | imp. & past participle | of Gabble |
| gabbier | noun | One who gabbles; a prater. |
| gabeler | noun | A collector of gabels or taxes. |
| gabelle | noun | A tax, especially on salt. |
| gablock | noun | A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock. |
| gadding | present participle & vb. noun | of Gad, Going about much, needlessly or without purpose. |
| gaddish | adjective | Disposed to gad. |
| gadling | noun | See Gad, n., 4., Gadding about., A roving vagabond. |
| gadsman | noun | One who uses a gad or goad in driving. |
| gadwall | noun | A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; — called also gray duck. |
| gaffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gaff |
| gagging | present participle & vb. noun | of Gag |
| gaggled | imp. & past participle | of Gaggle |
| gahnite | noun | Zinc spinel; automolite. |
| gaining | present participle & vb. noun | of Gain |
| gainage | verb t. | The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage., The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself. |
| gainful | adjective | Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. |
| gainsay | verb t. | To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. |
| gairish | noun | Alt. of Gairish/ness |
| galagos | plural | of Galago |
| galanga | noun | Alt. of Galangal |
| galeate | adjective | Alt. of Galeated |
| galenic | adjective | Alt. of Galenical, Alt. of Galenical |
| galilee | noun | A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals. |
| galipot | noun | An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. When purified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch, or Burgundy pitch. |
| galling | present participle & vb. noun | of Gall, Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating. |
| gallant | adjective | Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed., Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer., Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous., A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood., One fond of paying attention to ladies., One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer., To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play., To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan. |
| gallate | noun | A salt of gallic acid. |
| gallego | noun | A native or inhabitant of Galicia, in Spain; a Galician. |
| gallein | noun | A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids. |
| galleon | noun | A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel. |
| galleot | noun | See Galiot. |
| gallery | adjective | A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal., A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc., A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; — sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall., A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or quarter gallery, — seldom found in vessels built since 1850., Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery., A working drift or level. |
| galleys | plural | of Galley |
| gallfly | noun | An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Gall. |
| gallian | adjective | Gallic; French. |
| gallied | past participle & adjective | Worried; flurried; frightened. |
| galliot | noun | See Galiot. |
| gallium | noun | A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarcable for its low melting point (86/ F., 30/C). Symbol Ga. Atomic weight 69.9. |
| gallnut | noun | A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall. |
| galloon | noun | A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., — sometimes made ornamental., A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace. |
| gallows | plural | of Gallows, A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything., A wretch who deserves the gallows., The rest for the tympan when raised., A pair of suspenders or braces. |
| galoche | Alt. of Galoshe | |
| galoshe | A clog or patten., Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather., A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg., Same as Galoche. | |
| galsome | adjective | Angry; malignant. |
| gambier | noun | The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing., Catechu. |
| gambist | noun | A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola. |
| gambled | imp. & past participle | of Gamble |
| gambler | noun | One who gambles. |
| gamboge | noun | A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, — whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic. |
| gambrel | noun | The hind leg of a horse., A stick crooked like a horse’s hind leg; — used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals., To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. |
| gameful | adjective | Full of game or games. |
| gangion | noun | A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n. |
| ganglia | plural | of Ganglion |
| gangrel | verb i. | Wandering; vagrant. |
| gangway | verb i. | A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks., In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition., The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it., That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; — more properly termed the waist. |
| ganoine | noun | A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale. |
| gantlet | noun | A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed., A glove. See Gauntlet. |
| garbage | noun | Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome., To strip of the bowels; to clean. |
| garbled | imp. & past participle | of Garble |
| garbler | noun | One who garbles. |
| garboil | noun | Tumult; disturbance; disorder. |
| gardant | adjective | Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; — said of a lion or other beast. |
| garfish | noun | A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); — called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike., One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbaeus, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; — called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species. |
| gargyle | noun | See Gargoyle. |
| garland | noun | The crown of a king., A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath., The top; the thing most prized., A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology., A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in., A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling., To deck with a garland. |
| garment | noun | Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc. |
| garnish | verb t. | To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish., To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley., To furnish; to supply., To fit with fetters., To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t., Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated., Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2., Fetters., A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. |
| garpike | See under Gar. | |
| garrote | noun | A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted., To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob. |
| garrupa | noun | One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; — called also rockfish. See Rockfish. |
| gaseity | noun | State of being gaseous. |
| gaseous | adjective | In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aeriform fluid., Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. |
| gashing | present participle & vb. noun | of Gash |
| gashful | adjective | Full of gashes; hideous; frightful. |
| gaskins | nounpl. | Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins., Packing of hemp., A horse’s thighs. |
| gasogen | noun | An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid., A volatile hydrocarbon, used as an illuminant, or for charging illuminating gas. |
| gasping | present participle & vb. noun | of Gasp |
| gassing | noun | The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing., Boasting; insincere or empty talk. |
| gastful | adjective | Alt. of Gastly |
| gastric | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. |
| gastro- | A combining form from the Gr. /, /, the stomach, or belly; as in gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy. | |
| gateman | noun | A gate keeper; a gate tender. |
| gateway | noun | A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense. |
| gauchos | plural | of Gaucho |
| gauding | present participle & vb. noun | of Gaud |
| gaudery | noun | Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display. |
| gaudful | adjective | Joyful; showy. |
| gaudily | adverb | In a gaudy manner. |
| gaudish | adjective | Gaudy. |
| gaudies | plural | of Gaudy |
| gauffer | verb t. | To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer. |
| gauffre | noun | A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher. |
| gauging | present participle & vb. noun | of Gauge |
| gaulish | adjective | Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic. |
| gauntly | adverb | In a gaunt manner; meagerly. |
| gauntry | noun | A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere., A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure. |
| gavelet | noun | An ancient special kind of cessavit used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent. |
| gayness | noun | Gayety; finery. |
| gaysome | adjective | Full of gayety. Mir. for Mag. |
| gazeebo | noun | A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect. |
| gazeful | adjective | Gazing. |
| gazelle | noun | One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; — called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. |
| gazette | noun | A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices., To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy. |